Our list runs the gamut from from epic romances to genre-bending indies. Similar to Christmas movie marathons in December okay, also November , February calls for a watch list full of Valentine's movies.
Plus, the cast is a treasure trove of future stars β Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Gabrielle Union , and even Allison Janney , who steals every scene as the wildly inappropriate guidance counselor turned erotic novelist. Told in a fragmented, non-linear structure, Days of Summer jumps through highs and lows, first dates and final goodbyes, capturing how our minds romanticize relationships while glossing over inconvenient truths.
Reality split-screen scene. Screenwriter Scott Neustadter crafts a universally relatable narrative β so much so that even the real-life inspiration for Summer admitted she saw herself more in Tom. Beauty and the Beast is one of the most enduring, romantic Disney musicals not to mention the incredible music. Team Beast, obviously. What could be more romantic than that? Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani remembered their first date differently. Darcy rocks an aggressively festive reindeer sweater.
Colin Firth takes his second swing at the Darcy archetype, this time as the awkward but incredibly dreamy Mark Darcy. This is about love. In Challengers , tennis is sex and sex is tennis. But maybe the most titillating moment of all is the final tennis set β a wordless showdown that feels more like an emotional undressing than a championship match.
Carrey effectively plays against type as the heartbroken Joel, but the movie belongs to Winslet, who delivers one of her best performances as a character who seems like a classic manic pixie dream girl β but then turns the trope on its head. Emotional, raw, and deeply human, Eternal Sunshine is a parable about why love is worth remembering, even when it hurts.
